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Chapter 537 The Sweetest Lie

John thought James was too calculating.

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Every word James had just said was deliberate, meant to make Lily hate him even more.

John loathed James for it. But deep down, he couldn’t deny the truth-James was right.

This mouth of his really had kissed Elsa.

Shcrushed him so heavily he couldn't even muster the strength to get up and fight for Lily anymore.

Ashton drove the car.

James gently settled Lily into her seat before sliding in beside her.

Lily had felt a little satisfaction watching James kick John just now, and she was about to praise him when his low

voice came.

“Lily, John is fickle, a hypocrite. Don’t let him fool you.”

“I'm not like him.”

“I've never kissed anyone else. I've never had anyone else in my heart. In this life, | only want you.”

For a moment, Lily froze.

John’s endless pestering always made her feel a little guilty in front of James. And now, hearing his words, her

guilt only deepened.

Because his first kiss had been hers.

But she... though she'd never been intimate with John, she had once let him kiss her.

Her guilt burned hot, but Ashton’s burned hotter.

He was guilty on his boss's behalf!

He never imagined his aloof, cold-as-ice boss could say such shamelessly sweet words.

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And never imagined that this upright, principled man could lie so easily.

Never kissed anyone else? Never had anyone else in his heart?

What about that foppish young man James had once gone on dates with?

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Ashton had seen him holding hands with that man. He had even witnessed James kissing him.

John was worthless, yes-but at least John had kissed a woman. His boss had kissed a man!

He knew Lily well enough to know how much she hated lies. She couldn't even tolerate a grain of sand in her

eye, much less deceit.

If she ever discovered that James had not only kissed someone else but that person was male- would she think

him perverse?

Of course, Ashton didn’t think so. To him, his boss was still the best man in the world. But would Ms. Ginger see it

that way?

And what if, someday, she bolted with the child in her belly? The old master would be furious.

Ashton gripped the wheel tighter. If not for the need to drive, he’d have been banging his head against it in

despair.

Lily, lost in her own guilt, noticed none of Ashton’s turmoil.

Instead, she shifted closer to James and quietly hooked her pinky around his.

“James, | know John’s no good. | won't fall for his lies, and I'll never look back.”

“My boyfriend is better-looking than him, smarter than him, more upright, more dependable, more likable... in

short, my boyfriend is better than him in every way. How could | ever let myself be fooled?”

James coughed softly, uncomfortable.

He hadn't expected her to praise him like that in front of Ashton,

Thankfully, the neon light spilling into the car was red. She couldn’t see how his face, his neck, even his ears had

flushed scarlet.

Lily mistook his silence for jealousy.

Her skin was thin, and with Ashton sitting up front, she was too shy to show him affection.

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But she couldn't bear to let him stew

in jealousy either. Stealing a glance at

Ashton’s head, she ¥allowed her

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The praise had already left him red and unsteady. That sudden kiss turned the warmth in his

chest into a blaze.

Sweetness and heat flooded through him, his heart pounding so hard he thought it might break free from his

chest.

Yet the kiss was fleeting-like fireworks, brilliant but gone in an instant.

His throat worked hard as he swallowed down the surge of desire. What he wanted was to seize her lips again

and again, to make her melt like spring water in his arms.

But Ashton was still there. He knew how shy she was, and he didn’t want anyone else to witness her trembling

beneath his kisses.

So he restrained himself. Instead of

pulling her close and devouring her

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She knew it wouldn't end so easily.

Thinking of last night, when he had kissed her as if to bruise her lips, her face flamed red.

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Ashton wasn’t blind. He saw everything in the rearview mirror-the kiss, the blush, the

sweetness.

And his guilt doubled.

His boss was playing the part of the devoted lover perfectly, and Ms. Ginger, smitten, was praising and kissing

him for it.

But Ashton knew better.

He remembered that picnic with the foppish young man. How his boss had spent half the day in that tent.

He hadn't seen inside, but he didn’t need to. He could guess well enough.

Whatever John had done, at least he'd done it with a woman. His boss? He’d done it with a